Chapter 22 Dungeon on the Tip of the Tongue



Bone china is a special ceramic made from biological ashes.

Compared with ordinary ceramics, the manufacturing process of bone china is slightly more complicated.

But the advantage of this kind of porcelain is that even if you don’t have high-quality raw materials, you can still fire high-quality utensils.

Naturally, there was no high-quality clay available in this underground city for Carl to burn into ceramics, so he had to think of substitutes.

Carl roasted the various bones of the lizard one by one on the stone slab, and sprinkled some salt water on them for seasoning.

The meat close to the bone is soft, tender and chewy. This is because during the roasting process, part of the collagen in the bone seeps out and replaces the water lost in the meat.

The stone slab at about 160 degrees causes the Maillard reaction to form on the surface of the bones and meat, and the special protein ripening method allows the aroma of the food itself to be stimulated to the greatest extent.

Even with only salt water used for seasoning, the aroma is still irresistible.

“Crack!”

Every time Carl roasted a bone, he would take a cleaned hand axe and split the bone horizontally in the middle.

The marrow inside the bones was then exposed to the air.

As soon as this fat-rich food appears, it exudes an enticing aroma.

The idiom "one tastes the marrow and knows its taste" indirectly shows the special status of the marrow in the minds of ancient people.

It cleverly describes the view of people who have sucked bone marrow on this food - once you have eaten it, you will know how delicious it is.

He handed half of the split bone to Hope, and Carl took the other half in his hand and started to chew on it while roasting the next one.

From time to time, he would put his mouth close to the broken bone and suck on the hollow inside of the bone a few times.

Generally speaking, women during their menstrual period are not suitable for eating such oily foods.

But as a tiefling barbarian, Hope's physique is even better than Carl's. She has sufficient physical foundation to quickly absorb those nutrients to replenish herself.

After eating about ten pieces of meat and bones, Hope felt that his body was not so weak anymore.

But before she could go to help Carl, Carl had already used rain water to cool down the slabs slightly.

"Put it under your butt and you should feel better."

At this time, the stone slab had consumed all its spirituality, and the remaining temperature had dropped to around 70 or 80 degrees after being drenched by rain.

"Ah? Are you asking me to boil the water to collect the juice?"

Looking at the slate handed to him by Carl with the wizard's hand, Hope subconsciously resisted a little.

"Don't be so fussy, this is a special treatment method in my hometown, be obedient!"

In previous lives, many girls suffering from dysmenorrhea would sit on stone pillars on the street that had been exposed to the sun for a whole afternoon to relieve their pain.

Carl doesn't know the principle behind this, but those who have tried it online say that this method has proven to be effective.

Seeing that Hope, who was so energetic before, was now lying sickly on a recliner, Carl had no choice but to use this folk remedy to treat her.

Looking at Carl with suspicion, Hope made way doubtfully, letting the slate fall on the seat of the recliner.

Then, she sat on the stone slab with a somewhat ferocious expression.

The still somewhat scorching slabs made Hope shrink back, but the tiefling's natural resistance to fire allowed her to quickly adapt to this.

Gradually, Hope stopped trying to hold up his body and let gravity take over, sitting completely on the stone slab.

"Huh~, it seems to be really effective, worthy of being called Eruden!"

Carl did not correct this misunderstanding.

People who like Eruden are actually quite rare in other parts of the continent.

Even most people think it is a backward place.

Because of the druids' professional nature of pursuing nature, many druids in other parts of the continent are radical environmentalists.

They destroyed farms, smashed factories, and even forcibly killed cattle and sheep on pastures.

This barbaric behavior was publicized by newspapers in various countries, causing some people to have a bad impression of druids.

In addition, the natural energy used by druids prevents them from wearing delicate iron armor and weapons, so things related to druids are often equated with "backwardness".

Of course, no one dared to openly slander Eruden at the official level.

The world's strongest druid and the spiritual leader of Eludin - Aoelian is said to have a terrifying strength of level 40.

And Eruden also took on the task of continuing to fight the Demon Wasteland northwest of the continent of Khorvaire alone.

More importantly, Eruden provides high-quality and low-cost food and various agricultural and sideline products to countries all over the world.

If someone scolds the cook after having a full meal, Eruden will stop trading food to that country.

Although each country still has a certain amount of arable land, it is far from enough compared to the high-quality and stable-priced materials in Eruden.

Carl and Hope's lives were gradually getting better, but the group of bear goblins, who were still trudging through the heavy rain, were still moving forward miserably.

The food carried by the entire team was completely soaked by the rain, and some people began to suffer from diarrhea after eating those foods.

So far, five bugbears have fallen behind in the entire team.

"Chief! We need to hunt some giant lizards for food. The food we brought with us cannot be eaten!"

Seeing that the team was getting smaller and smaller, a bugbear grabbed the bugbear leader who wanted to move on and expressed his opinion.

After a brief thought, the not-so-smart bear goblin chief accepted the advice of his subordinates, asked them to find a cave nearby, and went out with a group of bear goblins in better condition to hunt giant lizards and other animals.

In fact, the dry food brought by this group of bear goblins is jerky made from giant lizard meat.

They have mastered the technology of breeding monitor lizards, and the output of monitor lizard meat can even meet the food needs of the entire tribe.

Of course, how could ordinary goblins be qualified to enjoy the meat of giant lizards with bugbears and hobgoblins?

Therefore, the ordinary goblins who stayed in the tribe could only fill their stomachs with the not-so-delicious fluorescent mushrooms and the garbage left behind by the bear goblins.

After walking some distance north from the cave, the bear goblin team soon discovered a group of wild monitor lizards playing in the rain.

The leading bear goblin took off a well-made giant axe from his back, and then charged towards the group of giant lizards.

The other bear goblins followed suit and took out their weapons. The surprising thing was that although these guys acted like uncivilized savages from a primitive tribe, their weapons were all made of finely wrought iron.

While the weapons were being wielded, magical patterns would occasionally light up. These weapons were magic weapons that could automatically repair some normal wear and tear from use and resist the erosion caused by time.

Such weapons should never be possessed by a group of goblins.

(End of this chapter)


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